Re: Frequently Supplied Answers

Since some of these actually belong to a broader scope of c.d.*, here's one of my favorites:

Go tell your professor you tried to cheat on your home assignment

"Laconic2" <laconic2_at_comcast.net> wrote in message news:tNOdncTjQe4Th8bcRVn-rg_at_comcast.com...
> The problem in c.d.t. as I see it is not the questions that keep
recurring,
> but the answers that keep recurring, over and over again. Here's a
sample:
>
> "First, off, it would help if you posted DDL with your question, instead
of
> the half assed table descriptions you gave us. Second, I can tell right
away
> by your use terms like "records" and "fields" that you aren't even
thinking
> in terms of SETS! Until you learn how to express the problem in terms of
> sets, you'll never get anywhere! Now that we've established that you're a
> basket case, here's the answer to your simpleminded problem..."
>
> "If you really want to build a relational database, why are you using an
SQL
> DBMS?"
>
> "Why do you want you tie yourself down with a bulky, expensive DBMS,
> anyway? All the really smart application programmers (like me) get lots
> more bang for the buck using a simple language like 'Pick'!"
>
> "If you weren't an inferior intellect with an untutored mind, you would
not
> have any problems with normalisation to begin with. It's a sign that you
do
> not think logically. Next time, tell your manager to hire someone
qualified
> to design the database!"
>
> "Have you considered 'Star Schema' instead? Why don't you go off and
study
> data warehousing for about six months, and then come back and see if
you're
> asking the same question?"
>
>
> OK, so these are parodies of some of the regulars (including one of
> myself). But something along these lines is the first answer to almost
any
> low level question asked in this forum, depending on who answers first.
> And none of the regulars is going to change his/her mind, no matter how
many
> times these answers get posted!
>
> Maybe we should just catalog all these answers, and pop them up every
time
> a newbie wanders in!
>
>
>
>
>
Received on Thu Sep 30 2004 - 22:36:03 CEST